265 Quotes by Bear Bryant

There is no substitute for guts.

I think when it really hit me that I had to get out to keep the program from going down was after the Mississippi Southern game this year.

First there are those who are winners, and know they are winners. Then there are the losers who know they are losers. Then there are those who are not winners, but don't know it. They're the ones for me. They never quit trying. They're the soul of our game.

Our game plan is first year, a .500 season. Second year, a conference championship. Third year, undefeated. Fourth, a national championship. And by the fifth year, we'll be on probation, of course.

If a man is a quitter, I'd rather find out in practice than in a game. I ask for all a player has so I'll know later what I can expect.

Players can be divided, roughly, into four types. Those who have ability and know it, those who have it and don't know it, those who don't have it and know it, and those who don't have it but don't know it.

One man doesn't make a team. It takes eleven.

Mama called, and when Mama calls, you just have to come running.

If you don't have discipline, you can't have a successful program.